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Speedway, IN - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Speedway  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Speedway Home page. The Speedway Home page provides as much information as possible on Speedway. Knowing Speedway’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Speedway’s Home page, you will also find Speedway’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Speedway has a population of 12327. 49.5% of Speedway’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.5 are female. 40.8% of Speedway is married and 45.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $131,724, and the average rent is $893. Household median income in Speedway is $46,863, and the individual median income is $33,506. Speedway’s Ethnic is the following: White(63.8%), Black(25.7%), Hispanic(10.8%), Other(5.3%), Multiple(3.6%), Asian(1.3%), Pacific(0.2%), Native(0.1%).


Speedway was laid out in 1912 as a residential suburb. It took its name from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is an early example of a residential community planned for the industrial plants located nearby. Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison, Frank Wheeler, and Arthur Newby, founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, planned the suburb of Speedway west of the track.


Fisher and Allison owned plants that needed workers, the Prest-O-Lite factory and Allison Engine Company. The investors' goal was to create a city without horses, where residents would drive automobiles, as well as participate in creating mechanical parts for new modes of transportation.The Speedway Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.


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